Speaker Pelosi invites President Trump to deliver State of the Union on February 4
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited President Donald Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on February 4, 2020.
"In the spirit of respecting our Constitution, I invite you to deliver your State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives," Pelosi wrote in a letter addressed to the President dated Friday.
The invitation from Pelosi comes just days after the House of Representatives took the historic step of voting to impeach Trump, a move that has led to an escalation of partisan tensions on Capitol Hill.
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/politics/pelosi-trump-state-of-the-union/
The letter via ABC News tweet:
Link to tweet
Adding insult to injury. How much you want to bet that he turns down the invitation?
Canoe52
(2,963 posts)magicarpet
(16,126 posts)irisblue
(33,980 posts)An in your face boss move
ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)You think he tweets crazy? Can't wait to see this...
bearsfootball516
(6,450 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,783 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)magicarpet
(16,126 posts)Some what precarious at the moment.
Impeach/Remove/Indict/Incarcerate.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(119,966 posts)dalton99a
(83,883 posts)Grokenstein
(5,812 posts)Can't wait to see the ratings!
sarge43
(29,128 posts)Grandmothers can be fierce.
bucolic_frolic
(46,512 posts)Madame Speaker demonstrating a tower of normalcy. Reasonable people will follow, which still means most Americans.
rurallib
(63,085 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)at the podium - Well played Nancy. Nothing to lose and let the nation see him at his worst.
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JustAnotherGen
(33,268 posts)Hmmm . . . I wonder if she's going to send that case over to the Senate anytime soon? Hmmm . . .
George II
(67,782 posts)JustAnotherGen
(33,268 posts)dogknob
(2,431 posts)1) More time to ensure a fair trial... with witness testimony allowed (it currently isn't)
2) More time for the don to make a fool of him self like at his rally the other night, where even his own supporters stood in shocked silence.
3) Rack up additional articles of impeachment.
olddad65
(599 posts)Polybius
(17,275 posts)Did you mean Senate? Because Dems already control the House.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Lonestarblue
(11,517 posts)Maybe hell be too incoherent with anger to speak. Of course, hes always incoherent.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,631 posts)Trump will degenerate into a gibbering, ball of incandescent rage.
ROUGHRIDER1976
(9 posts)should Nancy invite greta thornberg to the sotu...have her sit in front row?
Fiendish Thingy
(17,951 posts)Isnt there a primary on Feb 4? NH?
cstanleytech
(26,906 posts)would incriminate him even more.
mitch96
(14,564 posts)He just loves the bullypulpit and all the cameras are on him.. Like others have said he will prolly dig his hole a little deeper...
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Bayard
(24,012 posts)And use the opportunity to denigrate Pelosi and all Dems.
Can Nancy whack him in the back of the head with her gavel?
olddad65
(599 posts)Response to George II (Original post)
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AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)Dumpster won't turn it down. He's a publicity pig.
Croney
(4,859 posts)he could stand there in a dignified manner, look presidential, and read it word-for-word, impressing the world with his wisdom.
Nah, he'll just be the jackass he always is.
soapbox1952
(2 posts)PELOSI IS A BRILLIANT STAGIEST. OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SHE IS PROJECTING INTEGRITY BY THE INVITATION. AS DEMOCRATS WE NEED TO FOLLOW SUIT, SHOW INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT BRAGGING AS WELL AS BE HUMBLE FOR STANDING UP TO WHAT IS RIGHT.
mopinko
(71,549 posts)but, do you have to scream?
sorta frowned on in these parts.
mcar
(43,348 posts)Wonder if all those people who thought she was too old and ineffective to be speaker have realized their error?
elleng
(135,477 posts)Hate to complain about Speaker Pelosi, but DAMN!!!
onenote
(44,195 posts)Prof.Higgins
(194 posts)I admire Speaker Pilosi's leadership, but reckon it is an egregious mistake to reward Trump with the golden opportunity to trash all his Democratic Party "enemies" while the Democrats will need to sit in polite silence and listen to this impeached "clear and present danger" to America spewing out lunatic lies and attacks upon the Democratic Party Members just as though this is another of his campaign rally rants.
Think of what Paul Ryan would have done if he was still Speaker and Hillary Clinton was being impeached for "emails" or "Benghazi" or any other nonsensical accusations the Republicans could invent to impeach her for.
The actual State of the Union is one of existential peril due to Trump's and the Republican Party's betrayal of their oaths of office to preserve and protect the Constitution. They are diabolically demolishing the rule of law, but are still rewarded by a Democratic Party House leadership which I propound is seriously misreading the exasperation of its grass roots with the gifting of this invitation to Trump.
onenote
(44,195 posts)First, he could contrast his treatment with that of Clinton, who was invited to deliver his SOTU in 1999 while his impeachment trial was ongoing.
Second, he would then schedule a rally with an arena of adoring MAGATs at which he would deliver his state of the union address with live network coverage.